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Permanent powder hair colour – Bigen

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 9 Aug 2007In the weekly report of 10 Aug 2007 (week 31, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Permanent powder hair colour
Brand
Bigen (2 alerts)
Brand as notified
BIGEN
Type / model
N° 59 Oriental Black
Description
White-gold cartoon box containing a bottle with powder and a notice with instructions for use in English on one side and a language resembling Arabic on the other side.
Risk
The product contains 13,7 g% of p-Phenylenediamine (PPD). The maximum authorised concentration in finished product, in oxidizing colouring agent for hair dyeing is 6%.In addition, required warnings for the ingredient PPD are missing and the product does not have any warnings or explanation in the national languages (Dutch or French). This product does not comply with the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the retailer
Notifying country
Belgium
Country of origin
Pakistan
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0780/07Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0780/07
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Other alerts for Bigen

Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0780/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-31 (XML)
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